Agreed 100%. I hope it works, it just looks tough. Hey, I'd love the fact that it's the same driver every time I get on, he knows my name, I know his, and I get to know every passenger onboard, that would be a great commute. A real sense of community. But can we find 50 people that all agree on one set in time, and (I presume) one out time, out of downtown, and are willing to pay the $100? I'm not sure. Can we find an employer willing to pay the $100 per passenger.... Hmm, just maybe, right?

Isn't this just like the West Coast Express train service in Vancouver? Except of course this is much cheaper and not financed by BC Transit. I would use it, if I had to commute.

I think this sounds nice. I mean wifi, coffee and a bathroom? And only a 15 dollar premium? I am sure that there are 50 people that would choose this. That said I would bet that it will be people that currently take the bus at that time or near it and will think that this is a better value.

I think this sounds nice. I mean wifi, coffee and a bathroom? And only a 15 dollar premium? I am sure that there are 50 people that would choose this. That said I would bet that it will be people that currently take the bus at that time or near it and will think that this is a better value.

I think we could find 50 people, for sure. I think it becomes tougher when we try to find the same 50 people that like the in time, and the return time. If there is a return, as I have not really read that yet anywhere. It has never been made clear that the $100 or $120 is a return fare.

It sounds great, doing work or reading the paper on your way in. But you can read the paper on the current choice of buses, and are people (for example government managers) really doing work on the way to work, if they have an 8-hour shift in town too?

Let's run the numbers.

Full bus means $5000 or more in fares per month. OK, that pays the driver salary. M-F, it's really just one almost full-time driver. Split-shift, or Wilson's figures out a way for a different return driver from among their in-town crew.

Langford says they will pay up to $60,000 per year subsidy. I'm not sure if that pays for a bus time/wear/insurance/fuel. Probably not. Advertising will pay for some of the cost.